Brown butter sugar cookies

Name: Brown butter sugar cookies
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 stick + 2 Tbs unsalted butter; 1/2 cup brown sugar; 1/3 cup white sugar; 1 egg (room temperature); 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 1/2 cup AP flour; 1/2 tsp baking soda; 1/4 tsp baking powder; 1/4 tsp salt; 2-3 Tbs sugar (for rolling dough in)

Elyse Rose @elyserose

USA

#March2025
Warming: this batter is addictive
Keep in mind you will need to chill the dough

Elyse Rose @elyserose

USA

#March2025
Warming: this batter is addictive
Keep in mind you will need to chill the dough

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Ingredients

1 stick+ 2 Tbs unsalted butter
1/2 cupbrown sugar
1/3 cupwhite sugar
1egg (room temperature)
1 tspvanilla extract
1 1/2 cupAP flour
1/2 tspbaking soda
1/4 tspbaking powder
1/4 tspsalt
2-3 Tbssugar (for rolling dough in)

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Steps

1

Place a stick of butter in a heavy bottom pot to brown, you will have it melt on medium low heat, occasionally stirring with a spatula. It will start to smell nutty and turn brown. Once the color is an amber color, remove from heat. Transfer to a heat proof bowl. Stir in your extra two tablespoons right away until melted, and then set aside to cool slightly.
2

Add your light brown and granulated sugar to your browned butter. Stir together using a spatula or large spoon to help further cool your butter and to fully combine your sugar into the butter. Once mixture is not too hot, stir in your egg. In a separate bowl, combine your dry ingredients - flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
3

Add in your dry ingredients, half at a time to your wet ingredients, and fold together until a dough forms.
4

Optional: mix together a bit with your hands. Cover your dough in plastic wrap, and place into the fridge to chill for six hours or overnight until firm.
5

Once dough has chilled, preheat oven to 350. While the oven is preheating, take out dough to come to room temperature. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and form a ball. Roll into sugar and place on sheet. Bake 12 minutes.
6

Once 12 minutes is up, let stand on baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack until cool.